1UP’s Favorite Games of 2012: Xenoblade Chronicles

Posted on Dec 27, 2012 |

1up.com: It’s a shame that Xenoblade Chronicles didn’t hit four or five years earlier — and of course I’m conveniently ignoring its 2010 Japanese release date. When the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii hit the scene, fans of some of last gen’s finest console RPGs wondered what would happen to their beloved genre on this new round of hardware. Those first few years proved pretty dreadful, with offerings like The Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery, Lost Odyssey, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, and even Final Fantasy XIII coming in well short of our expectations. (Wii, Xenoblade Chronicles)